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Kerry Gauthier
Was this swept under the rug? What did you want, some video camera footage of his consensual and inappropriate incident with a 17 year-old boy? The NY Daily News and The Huffington Post are reasonably large media outlets, and they covered it. It was also in the DNT on several occasions. Gauthier said he would not seek reelection because of his scandal. When looking at similar cases from this year, look at Cook County Attorney, Tim Scannell, who was charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conducted in an alleged relationship with a 17 year-old girl in Grand Marais. Sadly, these things happen again and again. Ultimately, does public humiliation and shaming change behavior of these public figures? Unlikely, but one can hope.